Zero Project Awardee 2025Updated on 10 December 2024

Creating an ecosystem for labour market inclusion in Latin American countries

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Essl Foundation - Zero Project

Austria

About

Por Talento Latinoamérica, promoted by the IDB Lab of the Inter-American Development Bank Group and Fundación ONCE from Spain, aims to improve employment for persons with disabilities in Latin America. The programme is based on data collection, creation of inclusive business networks, labour intermediation training, and vocational programmes. Launched in 2019, it has been successfully implemented by 2024 in Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Uruguay, adding some 1,900 persons with disabilities to the labour market.

Solution: Por Talento Latinoamérica
Organization: ONCE Foundation
Country of Implementation: Colombia, Costa Ria, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Uruguay

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